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The elected National Assembly for Wales is led by a first minister, voted for by its members, who appoints assembly ministers to oversee policy areas. The Cardiff-based body cannot create new laws, as in Northern Ireland and Scotland, but can alter existing acts. Since forming, the assembly government has moved to abolish prescription fees by 2007 and scrap school league tables. Backers say it is successfully forging a separate path to Westminster-led policy but critics want it to have more power.
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